Changes

Itachi awoke from his deep sleep. He noticed Rukh sleeping beside him. Itachi's eyes were pale, and tears streamed down his cheeks. He sat motionless, his eyes glommy.

Rukh awoke when he realized Itachi was awake. Rukh noticed Itachi's sad expression and the tears that were streaming down his cheeks.

Rukh wished to assist Itachi but was unclear how to pursue.

Rukh spoke, "Do you know how your mother got the seal?" in a concerned expression.

Itachi just stared at Rukh.

"When she saw that the guy you fought yesterday was still alive after that kiri, she asked me if there was anything she could do to help you." Rukh spoke slowly and steadily.

"I told her that he was too strong for us to even last for a second. She said if there was anything she could do to make a chance for our escape, then I told her about the seal and it would cost her life if she did that. "

"You know, I thought she wouldn't accept sacrificing herself, but to my surprise, she did, and she was even overjoyed." Rukh made direct eye contact with me.

"She didn't give it a second thought as she was about to die. She didn't have a single regret." Rukh

"Would you like to know what her last words were, what she told me?" Rukh was staring at Itachi intently.

Itachi attempted to speak but was unable to do so. He had no idea how to respond.

"She told you to take care of yourself, and she told you to follow your heart's desires and live a life without regrets." Rukh locked his gaze on Itachi.

"What are you up to now? You're already filled with regrets, you did exactly what she said not to do "Rukh's

"Tell me who you are, what your goal is, and what you want to do with your life."

Itachi was thinking about somethingverything from his past:

He was born, discovered a secret room, met Rukh, and learned sage mode.

He remembered being from a land of waves, a village surrounded by islands. A tranquil and quiet village. He discovered an underground forest, which he has yet to fully explore. He fought tigers in the forest and then transported to Black Mountain using reverse summoning.

When he turned 6, he went to a ninja academy that was established a few years after the 4th Great Ninja War. There were a small number of ninjas that were from the land of waves. Land of Waves was in a development stage in itself, so they tried to be independent by establishing a ninja academy as a first step.

He was the most gifted of his academy classmates. He was able to solve all of the equations and had no equal in taijutsu, ninjutsu, or genjutsu. In the land of waves, he was the genius of new generations.

He found the academy to be boring. The scrolls left to him by his father taught him Shadow Clone. He sent his shadow clone to the academy and went to the underground forest every day to train.

He practiced godspeed, sage jutsu, ninjutsu, and genjustsu, all of which he learned from his home scrolls and books.

He graduated from the academy after only two years. He felt it was difficult to communicate with kids. They thought he was and didn't bother with him.

He was too irritated to bother with someone who didn't bother to talk to him, as he had done in his previous life. He also didn't want kids interfering with his shadow clone to destroy it. As a result, he rejected the friendship of the children.

He joined the land of waves' ninja division. He accelerated his ascension through the ranks. At the age of 11, he was already a jonin. He became aware that his superiors were aware of him and attempted to assign him to more difficult missions after each mission. By the age of 13, he had already broken every Mission record from the land of waves.

Because his mission required different skill sets, he gained a lot of experience in every field. Those who witnessed him use Sharingan did not live to see another day.

When he began to resemble his father, he wore a mask over his face. He wasn't ready to reveal his true identity just yet.

He changed his hairstyle to avoid any resemblance.

For several months, he was on a long mission to protect the merchants from mountain bandits. He wouldn't be able to leave for months because it was rogue ninja territory. He was just one of the ninjas assigned to the mission. He fought waves of chunins and animal hordes, some of which were genins, but he was already too powerful for them even if they came all at once.

A got into a fight with a noble from the land of the waves, which led to him being assigned to this mission. According to the Land of Waves, it was a "S" rank mission that would require a large number of jonins to complete, but he was sent alone due to the noble's involvement.

Every day, he practiced his previous life's hand-to-hand combat skills and improved his ability to be unrivaled in hand-to-hand combat.

He finished the mission and returned to the village four months later. It was at this point that he noticed Kinshiki. He got into a fight with kinshiki and tried to win with a kiri, but he underestimated an otutsuki and suffered a crushing defeat, losing his mother.

The ninja's of the village were probably killed by Kinshiki before. so, he didn't even get help.

He narrowly escaped and is now recovering from battle injuries in black mountain.

End of flashback:

Rukh kept staring at Itachi the whole time while he had the flashback.

He wiped hi tears and said," Thanks Rukh."

"What will you do now? " Rukh

"Make every effort to be as powerful as possible. That's my goal; achieve it in any way my heart tells me." Itachi said as he rose to his feet.

He was walking towards the river when Rukh approached him and asked, "Anyway possible, by any means?"

"I'm not going to be a hero, and I'm not going to go out of my way to be a scumbag," Itachi declared.

"I'm not going to do things like my father or Naruto the Hero. It will be my way, not Itachi's way of the past." Itachi

"Do you mean you will work hard more than anyone else?" Rukh was confused.

"Hardwork doesn't always make you strong, There are many who worked hard more than anyone else but it's not enough." Itachi

Itachi knew this well as he knew how Naruto surpassed everyone in a matter of 2 days in the 4th Great Ninja War. They became so powerful that they defeated Madara and Kaguya and became powerful enough that only they could stop each other, simply by receiving the 6th path chakra and Rinngen.

"This world is unfair, don't you think, Hahaha." He had a mad laughter.

"Nothing is fair in this world." Rukh

Itachi was bathing in the river, He got out after spending about half an hour later.

He was now standing on the riverbank, holding a scroll in which he kept his new dress, which he planned to wear on future trips.

He dressed in his white vest and black track pants. He wore a long black coat over his white vest. He twisted his long hair into a man bun hairstyle.

His face resembled Itachi, but his man bun hairstyle, white vest, black trousers, and long black coat made him appear to be someone else.

Rukh noticed Itachi's change in appearance, as well as the emotions he expressed.

He was a warm-hearted person when Rukh first met him, but now he has a warm side and a dark side. He is neither a good nor a bad person. He is a man of strong convictions. A more determined individual

He will help people if he can, but he will not go out of his way to do so. He wouldn't care about people if it wasn't his fault that they were suffering. He will not subject people to pain unless it is absolutely necessary.

(A/N: Because I don't want the MC to be a carbon copy of Itachi, I decided to drastically alter his appearance and behavior, and it works better this way. He will go about things his own way.

In the next chapter, I'm thinking about changing his name. I want to make him Itachi's son rather than Itachi himself. Of course, he will have a face that is copy of Itachi.

If you have any suggestions for names, please share them. I'll leave a sample of his dress in the comments, and for the man bun hairstyle, well, you can just Google it.)